Men are usually pretty hard to buy for. I’m hard to buy for! It has to be a real pain in the neck for the people in our lives to buy for us so I was literally brushing my teeth this morning when I saw a product I came across not all that long ago and thought, “this is an…

Full disclosue: I’m not a prepper. It’s just not something I’m into. But I’ve been researching prepping and communicating with rather prolific preppers for a number of years now so I have the concept down pretty well. That being said, preppers, you all have to get your shit together and stop being so stupid. Here’s why. This notion that some…

Every blacksmith wants to make cool things by pounding hot metal but aside from the craft itself, I’ve received a lot of questions about what blacksmiths should wear. Let me be very clear right here from the start. Wear whatever you want to and try to make sure your feet, hands and eyes are well protected while you do it….

We’ve all seen the TV shows, the YouTube videos and all the online articles talking about “doomsday”, the end of the world and a “post-apocalyptic” reality. Some of this stuff seems a bit outlandish and over-hyped but I admit that there is something in our human nature that causes us to contemplate the possibility of massive catastrophe. As human beings…

Picking up on an article I wrote previously that interviewed a number of Podiatrists and people with chronic cases of plantar fasciitis, I wanted to create a quick and easy article on the most specific ways to relieve plantar fasciitis pain. Top 10 Tips for Pain Relief from Plantar Fasciitis My research of countless Podiatrists and people suffering from plantar…

Plantar fasciitis really sucks! If you have had it or currently have it you know what I mean. I had plantar fasciitis for a number of months and it greatly hampered my life. Running, boxing, hiking, lifting weights, even walking to class – everything hurt and the pain in my heels and arches was so bad that I found myself…

Do you have an opinion on the topic of gender restroom access that is currently burning through the United States political landscape like wildfire? I don’t dwell on things like this too much in my daily life (let’s be honest, until recently you didn’t either), but this issue is so publicized and hotly debated, at this point it is almost…

It seems that every generation in the United States perceives that the present situation is the worst it has ever been. People have been talking about how corrupt, sinful and immoral society is since before the founding of our country. This is true of other nations as well. There seems to be this built-in perception that society is in a…

Faith is one of those things I work to cultivate on a daily basis. Not only does a daily cultivation of faith in our creator bring us the blessings of nature, but it connects us with the almighty power that is God. It is faith that satisfies the illogical craving which produces the ultimate disappointment and pain associated with hope….

The more “civilized” and “progressive” any society gets, the more quickly the people in that society can access things they want. Looking back over history, as cultures became more civilized, they accrued more assets, more wealth and more options in their daily lives. The same is true in the United States today. Fifty years ago if you wanted your dinner…